We will not go after you in the midterms (or later) and fully accept a Yes vote IF you will declare NOW that your vote on #Kavanaugh is NO unless you can be satisfied, from Wray’s notes, that the FBI investigation was not restricted.

Since it clearly WAS restricted, that would put the undecided Rs in an impossible position. Wray’s notes will undoubtedly show restriction. And if the WH refuses to turn the notes over, that TOO will show that the FBI’s investigation was restricted.

How can Collins and others possibly justify a vote to confirm #Kavanaugh in the absence of a meaningful investigation?

Would they allow this to happen to one of their own constituents if a similar credible allegation had been brought by THEM?

That is what I have always said, and it is what Steele’s sources AND informants (which on this particular matter were American sources and informants by the way, especially Felix Sater) have always said.

But it needs to be pointed out that Abramson has been a long time coming around to this realization and admission.

Don’t let yourself be deceived by Trump-speak about steel fencing--a type of Bollards fencing--as a replacement for a concrete wall. #thewall 1/5

Here’s a construction diagram of one version of the Bollards fencing: the PA68 crash fence. Note that it is designed to be a crash wall, which does not address any problem that exists at the border at all. 2/5 tinyurl.com/ycpcv8tc

Furthermore, the Bollards design has two problems as a border wall that a concrete wall doesn’t have. First, it is see-through, and therefore pass-through. Literally tens of millions of $s could be passed through the slats effortlessly in a single bag. 3/5

“Teed up” in the sense that the full court is now expected to weigh in on whether the freeze should stay in place. 1/x tinyurl.com/y7mwtmc5

The court filings strongly suggest that the litigation concerns a company, not an individual, and that the company is a sovereign wealth fund. That leaves out Deutsche Bank, which is a private and commercial bank. 2/x

Most speculation has focused on sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, especially on the SWFs for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Coast countries. 3/x

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Let it be our promise to every future life that is destroyed, changed, or affected by a Justice #Kavanaugh that we will make it a priority to see Sasse, Manchin, and Collins suffer for their vote today.

They must lose their Senate seats, and be reminded everyday why.

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If we can't manage to focus long enough to carry through on our threats to our elected leaders who betray us then there will never be a reason to fear us. There will never be a reason to reconsider a decision or vote.
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And maybe no mistake, @SenatorCollins must be made an example of, if only because so much focus was placed on her and her decision making process.

But also because of that poisonous victim blaming/ shaming speech she delivered yesterday.

LET'S TALK about @lisamurkowski and her NO proceedural vote on #Kavanaugh. I look forward to hearing more from the Senator in her own words. In the meantime, some thoughts. She is a Republican, make no mistake. But she's also a Republican not beholden to Party. 1

In 2010 Murkowski won a WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN (you try remembering how to spell M-U-R-K-O-W-S-K-I) against a right wing Republican who had primaried her. He had GOP $$ and establishment support (including in Senate) as the primary winner. She won. 2

Since then Murkowski handily won her 2016 election, including with mainstream GOP voters, and isn't up for reelection until 2022. That's a long runway. 3

By raging he's being framed by a Clinton revenge plot conspiracy, Kavanaugh echoed Trump propagandists discrediting Mueller & Russia probe. That in itself is disqualifying from sitting on the Supreme Court. It also proves he won't be an impartial arbiter on those & other matters.

Forget the alleged sexual assault & lies for a moment. Kavanaugh's partisan rant about a left-wing smear conspiracy is so off-the-rails improper for someone whose job is literally to DISPASSIONATELY & fairly interpret facts & law before him. And he wants a promotion to SCOTUS??

Maybe #Kavanaugh's not a conspiracy theorist. But he is consciously echoing Trump. He altered strategy from choir-boy Fox interview b/c Trump didn't like it. Kav's already bending to the executive who named him, like the political operative he is at heart. And will be on SCOTUS.

.@nycsouthpaw: When career prosecutor Rachel Mitchell asked #Kavanaugh about his drinking & the July 1 party where Judge and Smyth were in attendance – a key date that aligns with Ford's account – Republican senators then came to his rescue and benched her yahoo.com/news/kavanaugh…

PS: I don't support #MeToo, mere accusations, like those of Don Trump Jr and Roger Stone's pal Leanne Tweeden are never enough. I believe Prof. Ford as an individual because her accusation is *credible*. She has therapists' notes from past years. Predating this nomination.

It's important to say this now, to be morally consistent. I will never support a #MeToo deprivation of due process, and I accept the statute of limitations. But confirmation is not a criminal procedure. Let both give testimony. Prof. Ford has pre-existing doctors' notes.